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“BrainNet” Links Three Minds to One Problem
Gaming through brainwaves
This piece might recall the old saw that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. Researchers [MORE]
Proteomics’ Major Challenges
The evolution of proteomics
In a series of interviews with leading proteomic researchers, five key challenges surfaced as barriers to making [MORE]
“Get” with Bone Conducting Technology
“Get” app – fitness tracker connect with
This wearable device, “Get,” combines a fitness tracker with a smartphone. But the most [MORE]
Retinoic Acid and Self-Noncoding Double-Stranded RNA
dsRNA
Much of the excitement about regenerative medicine goes to regrowing internal organs for transplantation. But wrinkles and scars are also [MORE]
What the Microbiome Does
Healthy foods
“You are what you eat” is only a slight exaggeration. Albert Einstein wasn’t a great physicist because he ate [MORE]
23 and Me’s Health Records Service
23 and Me Genetic testing
Like Apple’s Health app for the iPhone, 23 and Me (Mountain View, CA) hopes to become [MORE]
A Microfluidics Sensor that Detects Sepsis in 25 Minutes
Microfluidics sensor for sepsis
Interleukin 6 in a blood sample indicates the body’s response to infection. Knowing this, MIT engineers have [MORE]
Ultrasound Sculpted Lens for Relay Imaging
Ultrasound breakthrough
Electrical and computer engineers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a novel way of using ultrasound for noninvasive imaging [MORE]
Blockchain in Healthcare
Block Chain
Blockchain is all about security—in data, information and perhaps even wisdom. It is slowly moving into healthcare, as this [MORE]
Electronic “Chip” Mimics Memory Process
Electronic chip
Physicists at RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia) have used a 2D material, black phosphorus, in making a computer chip that [MORE]
Improving O.R. Efficiency
Operating room
Hospitals, particularly those in multiple hospital systems, have tremendous incentive to move surgeries through operating rooms as quickly as [MORE]
LEAPER v. CRISPR
Monkeys cloned from a gene-edited macaque
This piece is thin on details, but it describes a new gene editing technique called [MORE]
Evolution of 3D Cell Culture
Microfluidics chip
Microfluidics turns 3D cell cultures into physiological systems, thus body-on-a-chip technology. As one authority put it: “you could put [MORE]
China’s Internet Hospital Model
Ping An Good Doctor app Mobil
Healthcare everywhere is a landscape of silos. There are many reasons for this, and not [MORE]